Leading Teaching and Learning Together: The Role of the Middle Tier

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Policymakers; Practitioners

Instructional Leadership; Middle Management; Educational Practices; Educational Improvement; Foreign Countries; Program Development; Faculty Development; Evidence Based Practice; Teacher Supervision; Cooperative Learning; Principals; Educational Change; Professionalism; Change Agents; Program Implementation; Sustainability

India; Jordan; Rwanda; China (Shanghai); United Kingdom (Wales)

978-92-803-1470-0

In education systems around the world, planners and policymakers are calling for more attention to whole-system improvement. To best address teaching and learning outcomes, teachers and head teachers need whole-system support to build professionalism and improve their practice. The middle tier of education systems, composed of professionals working between the school and central levels, may offer a unique opportunity to facilitate collaboration, broker knowledge, scale innovations, and provide instructional direction to school-level practitioners. This research was conducted as a collaborative partnership between IIEP-UNESCO and Education Development Trust. It explores how middle-tier instructional leaders can form a nexus for improving the quality of education at scale. Through case studies in five jurisdictions--Delhi (India), Jordan, Rwanda, Shanghai (China), and Wales--it explores the professional practices and perceived impacts of instructional leaders and the enabling factors present in the systems where they work. It focuses on promising practices globally, and is designed to draw out insights and lessons for both policy-makers and practitioners. [For the previous report, "Change Agents: Emerging Evidence on Instructional Leadership at the Middle Tier," see ED610844.]

As Provided

2023

ED626492